| Dispensatorium Parvum (Al-Aqrabadhin Al-Saghir) Contributor(s): Sabur Ibn-Sahl (Author), Kahl, Oliver (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004100040 ISBN-13: 9789004100046 Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Arabic Published: September 1994 Annotation: This book comprises a philological analysis and critical edition of an undated, anonymous Arabic pharmacopoeia, preserved in the form of a unique manuscript. A study of the manuscript showed that it represents the oldest hand-written witness of Arabic pharmacology known to date, and one of the earliest pharmacopoeias ever written in Arabic, viz. the small, and authentic version of an otherwise lost or, in the course of transmission, largely transmuted "Aqr?b?dh?n originally composed by the Christian physician S?b?r b. Sahl (d. 255/869). Following a brief introduction, the manuscript is described, analysed and illustrated by ten facsimiles. A biographical sketch of the author is followed by a critical edition of the manuscript. Philological observations, a glossary of technical terms, and indices are appended to the edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pharmacy - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
| Dewey: 615.109 |
| LCCN: 93047287 |
| Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.74" W x 9.6" (1.37 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book comprises a philological analysis and critical edition of an undated, anonymous Arabic pharmacopoeia, preserved in the form of a unique manuscript. A study of the manuscript showed that it represents the oldest hand-written witness of Arabic pharmacology known to date, and one of the earliest pharmacopoeias ever written in Arabic, viz. the small, and authentic version of an otherwise lost or, in the course of transmission, largely transmuted "Aqr b dh n" originally composed by the Christian physician S b r b. Sahl (d. 255/869). Following a brief introduction, the manuscript is described, analysed and illustrated by ten facsimiles. A biographical sketch of the author is followed by a critical edition of the manuscript. Philological observations, a glossary of technical terms, and indices are appended to the edition." |